Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-16
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Richard A. Procsor. the eminent sstsouo-
msr, ssys In tho Cosmopolitan al have
before mo the rec0rds Of no lee than flfty-
two ceutenarians, the details In re9ard %
whom have bsen collected By . committse oi
tho British Medical sssociation. Of The any.
Two no fewer than thirty stx (moes than
twO-thirds) ere women. THIS may probably
b attributed In large part 70 the comparative
immunity thas women enjoy fFom many
risks 10 which men ere exposed, bot probo.
bly, u y due not lees ~ their greater temper
suce and 70 their fresdom from the eaxi6ejes
ond heartbufntnGs which attend mems
sefugslss for influence, and even Tor main
"NsdioM men contend, however, shss
women also posssss greater Inherent vitality
than mon, tho mortality Of girls being Len
than that Of boys, even durin0 tkO flru( yeay
OF life. when the feminine u neither more
temperate nor less ambitious than the male,
'Oi The sixteen men only one We single
ten OF the hirty-six women were single
nitesn men and twenty aix women, then,
among the contenariana, were married but
naturally enough, Of thses forty -oOs Q large
number, oil, In feet, but IVA were widowed.
Three of the ntty.two were rich, nineteen
poor, the rest In comfortable circumstances
nine were fat (only one nsn), twenty -three
lean, eighteon medium; only eight were full
bloodou, tho rest averaGeor palA Forty he'd
good digestion. which, after hundred years,
means good deal.
"Aost Of the finy-two have hsd good appe-
tites. only two having sppetitss clsased -
actually bad most Of them have been through
ltfo modernto eaters; twelve however, have
eaten large quantities OF fond. Only one ID
returned - large eater Of flesh food, and
only ono - . great consumer of alcoholic
liquors Tin his cass the liquor preferred hes
Deon 6eer) Only eight OF oil the number are
classified q simply Irritabls,' but 70 these
must be sdded hve blessed - irritable and
energetio' A. 70 smoking thirty-two are
non-smokerA. seventeen smoke much, (iouf
OF them being women, thres moderately and
twos little; only one chsws; thirty.
avoid snufi.
"Whsn we take Q number Of cases such q
these In oil clsssss OF lie, under many varied
circumstances, and not characterize Sd BY any
special course directed toward the attainment
Of moro longevity, (Which might poasibly be
gained without real advantage all that makes
life worth living being sscrihced for life's
own sake, most mon not affected BY specific
dtseaAe, constitutional or inheSited, may hope
70 attain IN aRe considerably exceeding
three-score years and ton, or even four-scoro
yearA
1t would appear, In iact, - though ave
acOro years we're the natural or normal limit
Of human life, and that whom mon die many
years before that age 10 attained the fault,
lain with themselves underlying the old
proverb. Every man II fool or physician
at forty" there In the important truth that Il
10 In every mans power, " he 10 wise, 70
recognize early In life, like Oornaro, the
requirements Of his own constitution and the
u,eans by which all such storea OF vitality -
u may posseas may be utilixsd."